An 8-year old girl decides to make a list of all the things she likes and dislikes about dealingwith her autistic brother, and in doing so realizes that she has created A Manual for Marco.""Through her genuine and caring accounts about growing up with an older, autistic brother, this 8-year-old also shows her love for her sibling who is specialbut sometimes does things that are not-so-special. I highly recommend this bookwritten with sensitivity and beautifully illustrated.""-Lorna d'Entremont, M. Ed., Special Needs Book Review""Shaila Abdullah proves to be a great ambassador for autism, using explanationsand warm, welcoming illustrations in A Manual for Marco that give a complexcondition a simpler explanation.""-C. Hope Clark, Author of The Carolina Slade Mysteries and The Edisto Island Mysteries""A Manual for Marco is a welcome addition to children's literature that will helpin introducing the condition of autism to young people and providing informationthat will enable them to understand a little more about it so that it will not seemso scary.""-Wayne Walker, Home School Book ReviewsFor more information, please visit www. ShailaAbdullah. comSHAILA ABDULLAH is an award-winning author and designerbased in Austin, Texas. She has written four other books: SaffronDreams, Beyond the Cayenne Wall, My Friend Suhana, and Raniin Search of a Rainbow. Along with illustrations by the author, A Manual for Marco also includes artwork by IMAN TEJPAR, a 12-year-old artist from Canada. From the Growing With Love SeriesLoving Healing PressJuvenile Fiction: Social Issues - Special Needs | A Manual for Marco by Shaila Abdullah, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters